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Appendix.
Population.
6. Estimated present population (1919) 37,193
7. Anticipated increase or decrease of
working-class population due to industrial
changes nil
Existing Housing Accommodation.
8. Number of dwelling-houses in the
district 7,737
9. Number of working-class houses of the
types given in the reply to question 15 1,599
10. Average number of working-class houses
built annually during the five years
before the war 6
11. Number of working-class houses built
between January 1st, 1915, and
December 31, 1918 44 (R.V. £16)
12. Number of empty buildings which might
be (a) made suitable, by repairs or
alterations, for housing the working
classes ; or (b) converted into flats (a) 2
for the working classes (b) 6
Overcrowding.
13. Tenements with more than two
pants per room:—
Number of tenements 4
Total number of occupiers 42
14. Number of houses intended for one
family only which are now occupied
(without having been specially
adapted) by two or more families 448